Hair waver



H. H. KLEIN. HAIR WAVER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE Patented Aug. 15, 1922.

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UNHTED STATES HARRY H. KLEIN, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAIR WAVER.

Application filed June 21,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY H. KLEIN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Hair Vaver, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hair wavers or haircurlers of the type which, as ordinarily made and used, comprises substantially a flexible bar, around the middle portion of which the hairis curled or wound, and the end portions of said bar are then bent over so as to secure the curled hair in place.

' The principal object of my invention is to provide a simplified, inexpensive, conveniently and economically manufacturable, conveniently and efficiently utilizable, light, strong, durable, and improved hair waver.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1' shows an elevation of the hair waver. g

Fig. 2 shows an elevation of a modification of the hair waver.

Fig. 3 shows anelevation of a covered ring body, out of which this hair waver is manufactured.

Figs. 4,5, 6, 7, and 8, show modified struc tures of the ring shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a modification of the ring shown in Fig. 3.

The waver 1, as shown in Fig. 1, consists of a ring 2, Fig. 3, which is made of a single piece of suitable metal wire 3, the extremities of which are welded together, so as to form a continuous ring without indication of any kind of joint. Said ring is covered by any suitable covering 4, such as a fabric, rubber, celluloid, or any other suitable material, and by any suitable means, as, for example, by means of winding a thread 5 around the wire 3 in the manner shown at 6. The ring 2 is then-collapsed to the configuration shown in Fig. 2 and is twisted to form' a rope-like body 7 which constitutes the body of the waver Fig.1, and each extremity of said waver-body is formed into an eye 8, which is preferably somewhat enlarged, as shown. The ring 2 may be japanned or otherwise protectively coated to render it convenient and safe for serving the above purpose, and when finally configurated'in-the' form shown in Fig. 1 it con- Specification of Letters Patent.

alike in char c Patented Aug. 15, 1922. 1921. Serial No. 479,184.

stitutes the completed hair waver. completed hair waver may be utilized by curling the hair around its midde portion 9 and then bending its ends 9 upon the curled hair in the well known manner.

According to the modification shown in Fig. 6 the terminals 10 of the Wire 3 of the .ring 2, instead of being welded together, as

and the same may be soldered to the terminals or held thereto by a frictional or tight fit. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the terminals 10, of the wire 3 of ring 2, are secured together by means of twisting them, together, as shown at 13, and in the modification shown in Fig. 7 these terminals are secured together by the socket construction 14. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the terminals 10 of the wire 3 of the ring 2 are secured together, by being lapped over each other at 15 and soldered together. If desired this soldering may be omitted, in which case the terminals 10 could be secured to each other by any covering 4 for the ring 2, and preferably bythe type of covering shown in Fig. 3, wherein the thread 5 can be wound around the ring 2 and also around its terminals 10, Fig. 4. In the modification shown in Fig. 8 the ring 2 consists of a single piece of wire 3 which is wound around a plurality of times, and the terminals 10 of the wire may be secured to the ring body, either by means of soldering them to the ring-body 3 or winding the thread 5 shown in Fig. 3 therearound or by v the use of any other covering means.

According to the modification shown in Fig. 2, the ring 2, instead of being twisted to form the body shown in Fig. 1, the same is simply collapsed to form the slotted bar 16 as shown, which bar thus constitutes the waver, and thesame may be utilized in the regular manner.

The winding of the thread 5 around the wire 3 may be done once, as shown in Fig. 3, or in two or more layers, as shown in the cross-sectional view, Fig. 9.' It will be noted .that although this waver is made entirely of wire, or covered wire, there is no wire terminal showing anywhere thereon, and the two extremities 8 of the waver are preclsely and consist of completely ,This

closed eye-shaped terminals 8. It'w-ill be evident that although the ring 2 is here 'shown as made initially from a straight wire, by either welding or otherwise securing the terminals of such wire, the same may be also made by stamping a ring out of sheet metal or casting the same.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, and portionsof the improvements may be used without others.

ring, and then twisting said ring upon itself to form the hair waver.

3. A ring of covered wire twisted upon itself to form a hair waver. Y

4. A ring of wire configurated to form a hair waver.

5. The method of producing a hair waver consisting of weldin a piece of wire into a' ring, and then 'con gurating said ring to form the hair waver. Having thus described my invention, 1

6. A'ring of covered wire configurated to form a hair waver. I

Signed, at the city of New York, in the county of New York, and Statewf New 80 York, this 20th day of June, A. D. 1921.

y HARRY H. KLEIN. 

